See also: Irren

Danish edit

Noun edit

irren c

  1. definite singular of ir

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle High German irren, from Old High German irren, from Proto-West Germanic *irʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *irzijaną.

Verb edit

irren (weak, third-person singular present irrt, past tense irrte, past participle geirrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to wander
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old High German irrōn.

Verb edit

irren (weak, third-person singular present irrt, past tense irrte, past participle geirrt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to err, to be wrong, to be mistaken
    Du irrst dich, Naomi und ich haben uns nur unterhalten.
    You are wrong, Naomi and I were only talking.
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Further reading edit

  • irren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • irren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • irren” in Duden online
  • irren” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883) “irren”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Old High German edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *irzijaną.

Verb edit

irren

  1. (transitive) to wander

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Descendants edit

  • Middle High German: irren